These videos from Leslieville dad Andy McLachlan will put a smile on your face, just as they have delighted dozens of Facebook readers. We’re calling this trick a Triple-D. The top rider is McLachlan’s son, 10 with granddad, 66, in the middle and McLachlan himself on the bottom. Haha.

Cash at the curb from man known as Drake/Twitter

Rapper Drake is seen in phone video apparently handing out a large wad of $20 bills to surprised people at an unknown location in the City. It isn’t clear just how many times he did this, or how much money was involved. Does he do this often? Where?

SERRA, the South Eglinton Ratepayers and Residents Association, has issued an appeal to members to make a cash donation to what it says are many “frail seniors with very specific needs, including assistive devices (e.g. walkers, canes, wheelchairs) medication organizers and bathing aids”. The news release says an association member has stepped forward who will match donations to help seniors living at the Roehampton Residence at 808 Mt. Pleasant Road up to a maximum of $2,000.

Quiet Monday in the snow/Bulldog

The weather people call it “mixed precipitation” but it’s all just rain and snow to most of us. Weather Network

Dr Martha Fulford of McMaster University

Here is Dr Martha Fulford, infectious disease specialist at McMaster Children’s Hospital. She is saying things like maybe we should worry less about the Omicron daily case count and remember instead just how mild the symptoms are. She wants to get past the paranoia. How did you get so smart, Doctor Martha?

Elon Musk Time’s Person of the Year

That all-around guy Elon Musk, electric car maker and SNL guest, has been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. For those under 30, Time used to be published every week.

Lickable TV? Um, maybe prefer a burger

Hmm. Most of us would probably prefer a burger.

Car flips onto sidewalk at Yonge and Richmond Sts/Derek CRaig@DerekCraiggers

A two-vehicle collision at Yonge and Richmond Sts Sunday caused a Kia SUV to flip onto a crowded sidewalk injuring eight pedestrians, police report. Two of the injured, described as brothers, remain in critical condit6ion. One child is among the injured. A driver from one of the vehicles was trapped. Both drivers apparently escaped serious injury. The vehicles were heading west on Richmond when one swerved into the path of the other causing it to flip onto the sidewalk. CTV

UK commentator Dr. John Campbell speaks on Boxing Day about Delta deaths and hospitalizations versus those of the Omicron variant. He offers specific numbers. It’s a seemingly important distinction and one that for unknown reasons is getting overlooked or lost in Ontario government public information.

Desmond Tutu has died in South Africa at the age of 90.

Prime Minister turned 50 on Christmas Day

Justin Trudeau then

Many will have forgotten or perhaps never knew that Justin Trudeau was a Christmas Day baby. Saturday he turned 50.

Why the James Webb Telescope is such a big deal

You can still call CAA or other service you know (Photo: Donny Jiang/Unsplash)

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has issued a clarification about its new Tow Zone Pilot. Many people had wondered whether the government’s scheme to bring law and order to the towing madness prevented them from calling the Canadian Automobile Association. You can, says the ministry. If not, simply call 511 and an authorized tow company will be sent to you. For all emergencies, call 911.

Tow Pilot on QEW and 400 series in GTA

Many members

What appears to be a beat-up, over-frozen and rather dirty snow sculpture of some sort was sitting in the middle of Hanna Rd opposite Bessborough School Wednesday. By late afternoon, it had been rolled over to the west curb. FB

Cars gone from driveway in 30 seconds

A release Wednesday says 53 Division’s Major Crime Unit has raided two automotive repair garages in Toronto and Brampton in connection with the overnight theft of cars in Midtown Toronto. Two men, Ahmed Shkais, 25, of Toronto and Adam Rafferty, 30, of Brampton, are held on theft and possession charges. The five-month operation was known as Operation Clone. Officers seized a large cache of equipment, tools and electronics used to facilitate the theft of motor vehicles.

Some of them are electronic key fobs from different vehicle makes and models, lock picks, fake licence plates, electronic diagnostic and key fob reprogramming tools, tracking devices and a radio frequency scanner. Detective Daniel Kraehling said: “The quality of technology, and the amount seized, speaks to the level of sophistication and technical skill employed by thieves during the commission of motor vehicle thefts within the city. With tools such as this and the knowledge that thieves possess, vehicles can easily be stolen in under 30 seconds.”

The first text message ever sent has been sold at a Paris auction for the equivalent of $120,599.70 in Canadian funds. Of course, “the first text message” isn’t quite as tangible as an old painting, for example, so the digital world has created something called a non-fungible token that is said to guarantee that no one can copy your rare treasure. Or so they say.